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Isaac Maris was responding to a request for information about slaves in Kansas Territory. He provides the names of several families who had slaves and describes the escape of one female slave and her child with indirect references to the underground railroad. This item is from information collected by Miss Zu Adams in 1895. She was researching the topic of slaves in Kansas and contacted a number of early Kansas settlers requesting information about slaves brought to Kansas Territory. While all of the information she collected was based on reminiscences, it still provides useful information that is difficult, if not impossible, to find elsewhere. Miss Adams and her father F. G. Adams were employees of the Kansas State Historical Society and the information received was donated to that institution.
Creator: Maris, Isaac
Date: July 22, 1895
Item Number: 3457
Call Number: History Slaves
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3457
Collections - Manuscript - History
Date - 1890s - 1895
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition - Underground Railroad
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas State Historical Society
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Reminiscence
People - African Americans - Slavery
People - Notable Kansans - Adams, Abzuga (Zu), b. 1859
People - Notable Kansans - Adams, F. G. (Franklin George), 1824-1899
Places - Cities and towns - Nortonville
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Counties - Jefferson
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Reminiscences and Memoirs
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